Abbreviations
Geography "B"
Fairy Tales
Eat Your Vegetables
State Capital Nicknames
100
Student athletes can tell you JV stands for this.
What is junior varsity?
100
In 1961 this city got what the locals called Schandmauer, "Wall of Shame".
What is Berlin?
100
In "The Arabian Nights" this son of a tailor uses a magic lamp to win the hand of a princess.
What is Aladdin?
100
In the early 19th c. George Stephenson began growing these pickle veggies in glass tubes so they'd grow straight.
What are cucumbers?
100
"The Fun-tier Capital of Texas".
What is Austin?
200
It's the form of light or radiation abbreviated UV.
What is ultra-violet?
200
NATO sits in Brussels & SEATO sat in this Thai city.
What is Bangkok?
200
Until a child blurts out the truth, a ruler promenades in his birthday suit in this fairy tale.
What is the Emperor's New Clothes?
200
Winter varieties of this include Golden Acorn, Buttercup & Hubbard.
What are squashes?
200
"The Mile High City"
What is Denver?
300
This musical direction is often abbreviated cresc.
What is crescendo?
300
The Titanic was built in a shipyard in this Northern Ireland city.
What is Belfast?
300
At the beginning of the story, the title character of this 1837 Andersen fairy tale has no feet.
What is The Little Mermaid?
300
Developed in Canada, the Yukon Gold variety of this tuber has yellow flesh.
What is a potato?
300
"The Bluegrass Capital"
What is Frankfort?
400
It's the region of Canada abbreviated NT or NWT.
What is Northwest Territories?
400
This country's coat of arms features a condor & an alpaca.
What is Bolivia?
400
In an Irish tale, Farmer Tom meets one of these beings who promises to bring him riches but tricks him instead.
What is a leprechaun?
400
Unlike the familiar small red globe variety of this root vegetable, the daikon type is carrot-shaped & can be 18" long.
What is a radish?
400
"Arkopolis"
What is Little Rock?
500
This part of a computer that interprets & executes instructions is abbreviated CPU.
What is central processing unit?
500
Since Burma became Myanmar, this is the only "B" country left on the Bay of Bengal.
What is Bangladesh?
500
A poem by Goethe is one of the earlier uses of this tale about a pupil who conjures up more magic than he can handle.
What is the Sorcerer's Apprentice?
500
This type of vegetable is also called Chinese cabbage.
What is bok choy?
500
"Cradle of the Confederacy" "Capital of the South"
What is Montgomery?
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